Improved bread and meat sliced



. A Td all. waaruit-Majoonlcenf in the county ot'. Suiolk audState ofMassa- ;eh'usetts, have inventedanew and Improved scription' thereof,reference being had to the .of the plate when left free to 'move on the.-.line .when the' blade of. the knife is brought.

the attachments thereto.- l.lndeed-, vany knife slightly outward to nearthe point.. This has-Y -shank to play that distance., The plate isUsines freres Jeun E., Dow, or BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS.

f. imraevss Basse, .AND Maarsueea,

'iiecieationiforming 'part/fLetters Patent No. .lpfd dated February 7,1865.-"

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Bread and Meat Slicer;` and Ifdo hereby de- Clare that the following isafulland exact deaceompanying tgu'i-es or drawings respectively markedand lettered, making a part of this specification. y

v Figurel is a to'p v'iew of the Slicer, showing the knife A, the clampc, andthe plate B attached thereto. Fig. Z-is a side elevated view ofthe same, the red line showingthe position pivot attaching it to theshank, and the dark down on the board or table.- Fig. 3 is a front endview ofthe saine, showin g the shank h attached to the plate and securedin the clamp, and also the corrugated yedges-of the plate. Fig. 4,d'is'a section through`the clamp. Fig. 5, e vis a Section oftheclampframe removed. Fig. 6 gis an elevation of the-clamp-plate.

Now, in order to make others better understand and use my invention', Iwill proceed to describe its several parts and mode of use.

.By referring to Figs.` l and 2 in the accompa'nyin g drawings it willbe'perceived that the slicer is but a common ycarving-knife, A, with,

suitable for slicing bread or meat may be used. ln` Figs. 1, 2, and 3,is exhibited the plate B, which guides theV knife and supports-the sliceout off. f lt is made of steel or any other metal or material suitableforth'e purpose, and must be of suiicient'thickness to make it stii'and, in order to secure the samestiiihess with less thicknessof' plate,I corrugate the edges the twofold effect of givingstitlhess'a'ndrendering the edges less liable `to scratch. The end ofthe platenext-.to the shank is slotted about three-quarters of an inch to allowthe.

riveted to the shank. in the manner seen in Fig. 3, not rmly,( though itmay be,) but so as to alloysT thesameto take the positions as .Th-@neet.if-this is, when the sneer is used,

`the lower edge .of the platel falls below the blade of the knife,'asseen in the red line, and. when it falls on the board, as seen iu thedark line, the knife having .passed through f' the bread, it secures.the slice,cut ed, which, by turning the. Slicer horizon tally, may belaid on its place of reception without applyingthe hand-toit. I

f The shank. h may be fastened to the 4plate f on either or both sidesof it. It is made ot steel, or other material answering the purpose, andlis bent'at right angles, as seen in Figs. land 3, where it is fastenedonto the plate, as before described. The clamp d, and clamp- 'frameremoved, E, may be readily understood by referring to Figs.. .sand- 5,Reference may be had also to Fig. 6 .for adescription of the clamp-plateg, ythough the eifect ot' it is to secure more firmly all the parts ofthev clamp and the blade.

Now, in order to prepare the slicer for use, I elevate the screw of theclamp4 and adjust, the clamp-plate inits place. I then pass the bladeofthe knife' through the clam p, pressing the-clamp-plate down upon theback of the knife. l then pass the shank through the ,1. clamp and bringdownthe screw to secure the same, and the Slicer is ready for use.

Slicer in the mode above described, or sub-V stantially thesame.

'- JOHN E..DOW. i

f 1 Witnesses 3. L.'NEWTON,

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'lhe practical advantage of this invention The application andarrangement oil-the' y

